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well, thank you very much, jim. we'll have more information on the breaking news a there's been an arrest made obtaining the details. thank you. >> yeah. >>> with about 300 hours until the first polls close on election day, yes, counting by the hours now, what combinations of states get the president to 272? and why florida, ohio and virginia could be rendered meaningless by one key battleground state out west. we'll have the answer, what state we're talking about, after the break. >>> welcome back. our nbc news first read team writes today if you want to know where the presidential campaign is being fought just look at all the candidate travel. today, president obama has been in iowa, headed to colorado, california and nevada while governor romney hits iowa and nevada for the second day. joining me now nbc news deputy political editor dominico montenero. what you are doing is interesting. putting together scenarios of how the president might hit the magic number or governor romney. first up today, the president. yo
well, thank you very much, jim. we'll have more information on the breaking news a there's been an arrest made obtaining the details. thank you. >> yeah. >>> with about 300 hours until the first polls close on election day, yes, counting by the hours now, what combinations of states get the president to 272? and why florida, ohio and virginia could be rendered meaningless by one key battleground state out west. we'll have the answer, what state we're talking about, after the...
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jim drinkard, who represents the associated press said, quote, we had to have a self-imposed michele bachmann quota in some of those debates. often she was just more prone to statements that just didn't add up. well, the bachmann quota, drinkard said the quota didn't have a numeric value, but focusing on all bachmann's murky statements would overload the debate story. >>> take a look at this headline from the iranian news organization fars, f-a-r-s. gallup poll, rural whites prefer ahmadinejad to obama. a quote from a west virginia resident, i like him better. >> the one poll that republicans might accept as legitimate. guess where that headline originated? "the onion," america's favorite source for fake news. another "onion" news item today, florida to experiment with new 600 lever voting machine. >>> finally, the latest music and dance tribute to president obama. this is all over the place literally. >> i'm barack obama and i party. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> that guy behind the mask is one hell of a dancer. the performance is suitably entitled "obama works it." that's "hardball" for now. comi
jim drinkard, who represents the associated press said, quote, we had to have a self-imposed michele bachmann quota in some of those debates. often she was just more prone to statements that just didn't add up. well, the bachmann quota, drinkard said the quota didn't have a numeric value, but focusing on all bachmann's murky statements would overload the debate story. >>> take a look at this headline from the iranian news organization fars, f-a-r-s. gallup poll, rural whites prefer...
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matt rhodes wasted no time in replying, hey, jim, thanks for the note. it is clear that president obama wants nothing more than to talk about governor romney's tax returns instead of issues that matter like putting americans back to work. will he ever shake the story and do his taxes matter? joan walsh is editor at large and an msnbc political analyst and author of the new book "what's the matter with white people." amon javers is a correspondent. let me begin with you. is this getting traction? do people care he's only releasing two years of tax returns. >> if you frame it in terms of documents, the voters don't compare about that stuff. what they care about in the gut is this sense somebody's getting away with something you're not getting away. if romney is playing a lower tax rate than other americans, those folks are going to resent that and want to see how this happened. >> this is your strong suit. is he, in fact, paying a lower tax rate than other americans. the semantics of this become awfully important. >> yeah. what we're talking about here is
matt rhodes wasted no time in replying, hey, jim, thanks for the note. it is clear that president obama wants nothing more than to talk about governor romney's tax returns instead of issues that matter like putting americans back to work. will he ever shake the story and do his taxes matter? joan walsh is editor at large and an msnbc political analyst and author of the new book "what's the matter with white people." amon javers is a correspondent. let me begin with you. is this...
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surely jim will get something in there too. possibly we could expect a 30 minute attack add? >> you never know. maybe they should put that in the rules that president could speak for 90 minutes instead of mitt romney having to say anything. i suspect that is not what they are going to do. he has a challenge to come in and not look scared or defensive. he has to be cool and calm and confident and own the space. that is the most important thing for him. if he looks skiddish. those optics will be the most devastating thing for him. you would think would be about the pressure would be on the incumbent to defend the last four years in office. but in this debate, it is clear that 100% is on how does mitt romney handle the 47% question? >> i agree with crystal to put in other terms the undecided voters are sitting with their back toward the stage. the voice and he has to be strong and have an answer. the problem he has is which every way he turns he loses a piece of the argument. romney is going to lose a piece where he turns. one that he has used before, is to say look, i care abou
surely jim will get something in there too. possibly we could expect a 30 minute attack add? >> you never know. maybe they should put that in the rules that president could speak for 90 minutes instead of mitt romney having to say anything. i suspect that is not what they are going to do. he has a challenge to come in and not look scared or defensive. he has to be cool and calm and confident and own the space. that is the most important thing for him. if he looks skiddish. those optics...
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at last a guy said jim smith, romney made a decision that solidifies his credentials. he picked paul from kentucky. a good move. i didn't support romney in the primary but i will now with paul in there. wow. that guy, smith, thought romney had picked rand paul from kentucky. that's why he likes the ticket now. nobody is really focused on this yet. whatever makes you happy so far. >>> up next, democrats are hoping paul ryan's addition to the republican ticket helps them down the bout in the race for governor and senator. we'll see and that's ahead had. you're watching "hardball." we have elizabeth warren coming up from massachusetts taking on scott brown. here's the place for politics. now back to "hardball." >>> we're back. when mitt romney chose paul ryan as his running mate he not only plunged it back into the spotlight but nationalized every house and senate race in the country. now paul rien is a -- and the democratic attack strategy will be on the opponents and his record of that. anyway, joining me now is elizabeth warren who is in a hot race with scott brown for
at last a guy said jim smith, romney made a decision that solidifies his credentials. he picked paul from kentucky. a good move. i didn't support romney in the primary but i will now with paul in there. wow. that guy, smith, thought romney had picked rand paul from kentucky. that's why he likes the ticket now. nobody is really focused on this yet. whatever makes you happy so far. >>> up next, democrats are hoping paul ryan's addition to the republican ticket helps them down the bout in...
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why jim messina says let's make it five years. >> because a lot of wealthy people lost a lot of people in 2008 when the market crashed and they can arrange their returns in many cases so they pay. >> legally. nothing in taxes. >> it's all legal, by the way. >> but here's a critical point. i think what mitt romney is doing is having a solid and specific answer going into the debates. he's not going to be able to be vague when he's asked this question. he needs to come up with a much more credible answer that the american people can understand. it's not really a matter of fact. it's about trust. ronald reagan used to say trust but verify. i think what the american people want, i think i trust you, but i need some information to back up what you're saying. >> now he's saying that he thinks 13% is fair. there's this question of what he may or may not have paid in 2009 and under paul ryan's plan, he paid .82% and they seem to be on the same page. >> to me, that's going to be the bigger issue than this back and forth on these taxes. i think he's gone as far as he's going to go and the democr
why jim messina says let's make it five years. >> because a lot of wealthy people lost a lot of people in 2008 when the market crashed and they can arrange their returns in many cases so they pay. >> legally. nothing in taxes. >> it's all legal, by the way. >> but here's a critical point. i think what mitt romney is doing is having a solid and specific answer going into the debates. he's not going to be able to be vague when he's asked this question. he needs to come up...
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at last a guy said jim smith, romney made a decision that solidifies his credentials. he picked paul from kentucky. a good move. i didn't support romney in the primary but i will now with paul in there. wow. that guy, smith, thought romney had picked paul from kentucky. that's why he likes the ticket now. nobody is really focused on this yet. whatever makes you happy so far. up next, democrats are hoping paul ryan's addition to the republican ticket helps them down the bout in the race for governor and senator. we'll see and that's ahead had. you're watching "hardball." we have elizabeth warren coming up from massachusetts taking on scott brown. here's the place for politics. at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies. that's why we're supplying natural gas to generate cleaner electricity... that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and it's also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol - a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane. >>a minute, mom! let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. hgotta start the day off righ
at last a guy said jim smith, romney made a decision that solidifies his credentials. he picked paul from kentucky. a good move. i didn't support romney in the primary but i will now with paul in there. wow. that guy, smith, thought romney had picked paul from kentucky. that's why he likes the ticket now. nobody is really focused on this yet. whatever makes you happy so far. up next, democrats are hoping paul ryan's addition to the republican ticket helps them down the bout in the race for...
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of course her district is pretty red but she has a very, very capable opponent in the name of jim graves who is a successful business person and who i think will match up extremely well but i think that, you know, look, people need answers. they need results. they need outcomes and feeding them rhetoric and divisive language doesn't serve that purples. so i think she needs to try to do something to appeal to her base. i will say she sent out a tweet that over the last 25 days she got a million dollars in her campaign. >> she probably needs it. thank you for joining me. >> thank you, karen. >>> coming up, today's top lines. [ male announcer ] what's in your energy drink? ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. i was skeptical at first. but after awhile even my girlfriend noticed a difference. [ male announcer ] rogaine is proven to help stop hair loss. and for 85% of guys, it regrew hair. save up to 42% now at rogaine.com. we believe the more you know, the better you trad
of course her district is pretty red but she has a very, very capable opponent in the name of jim graves who is a successful business person and who i think will match up extremely well but i think that, you know, look, people need answers. they need results. they need outcomes and feeding them rhetoric and divisive language doesn't serve that purples. so i think she needs to try to do something to appeal to her base. i will say she sent out a tweet that over the last 25 days she got a million...
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. >> that is a little bit too jim cramer for some of you perhaps, but it is, in fact, my feeling. there comes a time, it's called attack from a defensive position. the president has been attacked. i think it's time to return the favor to romney. your thoughts this week. >> it's what he had to do in the debate, didn't do, and it's what he has to do every day between now and the next debate. he has to draw the contrast on medicare and straighten out this myth that the president cut $716 million from medicare benefits. he didn't. they're cut from medicare providers like insurance companies that are overcharging. he has to attack on the issue of taxes. there aren't enough tax loopholes or tax deductions to pay for romney's tax cut unless you cut into home interest mortgage deductions, unless you get rid of state and local taxes. that will hit the middle class hard. you have to be honest about this. the debate hurt obama and helped romney, and romney's gotten a bump in the polls, although it seems to be flattening out. you look at the new poll in ohio, the president is at 51%, romney i
. >> that is a little bit too jim cramer for some of you perhaps, but it is, in fact, my feeling. there comes a time, it's called attack from a defensive position. the president has been attacked. i think it's time to return the favor to romney. your thoughts this week. >> it's what he had to do in the debate, didn't do, and it's what he has to do every day between now and the next debate. he has to draw the contrast on medicare and straighten out this myth that the president cut...
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>> i don't think jim lehrer needs to. >> okay. the knockout blow. are we going to see it when we hear? >> i think you will. the people in the hall missed it during the infamous gore debate because we didn't hear the sign. if you have that awkward moment and people jump back, that's the sort of thing that can change the trajectory. >> mark, your thoughts. processing answers, like bob bowl when he says that bill is a markup. >> exactly. i can get this out of conference. we can go forward. i think that a lot of the discourse in politics and in debates can be about process, about who's got a plan or why you've done a certain thing. often one candidate will try to accuse another. the think the winner is the one who sticks to, what do the american people care about? how to specific the economy and don't get bogged down in the process. it's easy to flip. >> do you think it's a problem -- you talk about being optimistic. these guys are used to throwing red meat out, getting nurtured. the rules are -- there is no noise, no reaction. so you throw out what you
>> i don't think jim lehrer needs to. >> okay. the knockout blow. are we going to see it when we hear? >> i think you will. the people in the hall missed it during the infamous gore debate because we didn't hear the sign. if you have that awkward moment and people jump back, that's the sort of thing that can change the trajectory. >> mark, your thoughts. processing answers, like bob bowl when he says that bill is a markup. >> exactly. i can get this out of...
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he's waiting for jim lehrer to bring it up? waiting for him to bring up these topics? he wasn't going to do it. certainly romney -- i have to remind you, mr. frez, i said the 47% of the american people don't count. i was going to remind you, mr. president, i am going to throw 80-year-old to vouchers. i was for bankruptcy of the auto industry. do you think he's going to bring this stuff up? you have to toot your own horn. i'm not the debate coach but i'll tell you one thing, if they don't bring up their winning issues, i don't understand what they're up to. i don't know what they're here for. this is -- >> i wish you were the debate coach. >>en owe the big issues you have to bring them up. they've just heard me say, these are important issues. if you're for romney, they're important. romney be has these positions. he has to defend them. >> chuck, you wanted to intervene. >> i would say now you're hearing exactly why from what i'm getting from the obama campaign is that they know that biden has to make the base happy tonight. this isn't about appealing to swing voters, t
he's waiting for jim lehrer to bring it up? waiting for him to bring up these topics? he wasn't going to do it. certainly romney -- i have to remind you, mr. frez, i said the 47% of the american people don't count. i was going to remind you, mr. president, i am going to throw 80-year-old to vouchers. i was for bankruptcy of the auto industry. do you think he's going to bring this stuff up? you have to toot your own horn. i'm not the debate coach but i'll tell you one thing, if they don't bring...
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he's being embraced by jim demint rick santorum and newt gingrich. that will get him the women's vote, yes? >> i don't think i've been this giddy in my 20 years in politics, i'll be brutally honest with you. listen, this is a bad thing for the republicans. if you look at every single republican running for the higher office in the building behind me go state by state, go to never never, florida, go to every single one of them anti-equal gay rights. every one of them want to be in a woman's bedroom or doctor's office. every single one don't think our personal privacy or freedoms is something to be legislated. todd akin is at the top of the list. he's the king of being invasive and violating the pajama test. if you're wearing your pajamas, the government should not be involved. he's right of the right. missouri is turning more right than i thought it would be at this time. he still probably could lose. that's amazing to me. i'd be interested in what goldie as a woman, and what julien as a strategist might think. i think he's a bad candidate and claire
he's being embraced by jim demint rick santorum and newt gingrich. that will get him the women's vote, yes? >> i don't think i've been this giddy in my 20 years in politics, i'll be brutally honest with you. listen, this is a bad thing for the republicans. if you look at every single republican running for the higher office in the building behind me go state by state, go to never never, florida, go to every single one of them anti-equal gay rights. every one of them want to be in a...
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romney campaign manager matt rhodes wasted no time in replying, hey, jim, thanks for the note. it is clear that president obama wants nothing more than to talk about governor romney's tax returns instead of issues that matter to voters like putting americans back to work, fixing the economy and reining in spending. will the obama campaign ever let romney shake the tax return story? and do romney's taxes matter? joan walsh is editor at large for salon.com and an msnbc political analyst and author of the new book, "what's the matter with white people." amon javers is cnbc's washington correspondent. amon let me begin with you. is this getting traction? do the american people care about the fact that romney's only releasing two years of tax returns? >> if you frame it in terms of documents and details the american voters don't necessarily care about that stuff. it's kind of complicated and confusing. what they care about in the gut is this sense somebody's getting away with something you're not getting away. so if romney is paying a lower tax rate than other americans, those folks
romney campaign manager matt rhodes wasted no time in replying, hey, jim, thanks for the note. it is clear that president obama wants nothing more than to talk about governor romney's tax returns instead of issues that matter to voters like putting americans back to work, fixing the economy and reining in spending. will the obama campaign ever let romney shake the tax return story? and do romney's taxes matter? joan walsh is editor at large for salon.com and an msnbc political analyst and...
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first, thank you both for being here. >> glad to be here. >> jim, what can you tell our viewers with emmett "bucky" greer? >> he and his partner worked for me for a period of time when i was chairman. they are good at what they do. when you're looking for a lawyer that can write legislation and change the election laws, stand up potentially to a constitutional challenge, you reach out to people like bucky and his partner richard coats and they draft the law. they a they advise how it can get done and it's about keeping people from election day to win the republican election. >> keeping pop freople from get to election day? >> that's right. primarily down here in florida, reducing early voting days, put all of these obstacles in the way of democrats, minority voters from getting to the polls because down here in florida it's not just about the presidential election, it's about keeping power in the legislature and the governor's mansion. >> now, diedra, you wrote -- well, you said to the palm beach news today, i'm quoting you, i'd be deeply concerned to think that members of a politica
first, thank you both for being here. >> glad to be here. >> jim, what can you tell our viewers with emmett "bucky" greer? >> he and his partner worked for me for a period of time when i was chairman. they are good at what they do. when you're looking for a lawyer that can write legislation and change the election laws, stand up potentially to a constitutional challenge, you reach out to people like bucky and his partner richard coats and they draft the law. they a...
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this is jim webb who is retiring as the senator from virginia. he's a democrat but a different kind of democrat. many people, including me, believe he's eviscerated romney with these words he spoke. remember what romney was saying, there's the takers and the makers out there, including among the takers, unfortunately for mr. romney, are those people who served us in uniform, may have been dismembered in some cases, spent the rest of their lives dealing with the injuries and wounds they suffered for the country, and they don't consider themselves takers exactly. let's listen to jim webb defend them. >> governor romney and i are right about the same age, young guys. like millions in the our generation, we came to adulthood facing the harsh realities of the vietnam war. 2.7 million in our age group went to vietnam. those young marines that i led so many years ago have grown older now. they've lived lives of courage, both in combat and after their return where many of them were derided by their own peers for having served. that was a long time ago. t
this is jim webb who is retiring as the senator from virginia. he's a democrat but a different kind of democrat. many people, including me, believe he's eviscerated romney with these words he spoke. remember what romney was saying, there's the takers and the makers out there, including among the takers, unfortunately for mr. romney, are those people who served us in uniform, may have been dismembered in some cases, spent the rest of their lives dealing with the injuries and wounds they suffered...
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and they responded saying hey jim, thachks for the note. it is clear that president obama wants nothing more than to talk about governor romney's tax returns instead of issues that matter like putting americas back to work. will he shake the story and do his taxes matter? joan walsh is an msnbc political analyst and author of the new book "what's the matter with white people." ammann javrs is a correspondent. let me begin with you. is this getting traction? do people care he's only releasing two years of tax returns. >> if you frame it in terms of documents, the voters don't compare about that stuff. what they care about in the gut is this sense somebody's getting away with something you're not getting away. . if romney is playing a lower tax rate than other americans, those folks are going to resent that and want to see how this happened. >> this is your strong suit. the semantics of this become important. >> yeah. what we're talking about here is the federal effective tax rate. that's after you take your deductions and everything else. he
and they responded saying hey jim, thachks for the note. it is clear that president obama wants nothing more than to talk about governor romney's tax returns instead of issues that matter like putting americas back to work. will he shake the story and do his taxes matter? joan walsh is an msnbc political analyst and author of the new book "what's the matter with white people." ammann javrs is a correspondent. let me begin with you. is this getting traction? do people care he's only...
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and jim, they canceled monday. they hope to be able to get in tuesday afternoon. but based on this track, even that could be delayed? >> it's going to be a close call. and even if we begin to ramp things back up here tuesday, and improve in tampa, many, many people's minds is what's going to be happening in the northern gulf coast. are we going to be looking down the barrel from new orleans or mobile at a category 2 or 3 hurricane? here i am on the eastern end of the causeway. the same water that eventually leads up to you, david. but the problem is we're only three to five feet from that causeway. thousands of delegates are out there towards clearwater beach. the decision certainly could cancel all activities starting monday afternoon and tuesday morning is a wise one because that's when we're going to feel the impact as the storm goes by and the wind begins to push the water. it's a very interesting situation. when you look at the tone here, you think, well, okay, tampa, if you're not in that red cone, why are you so concerned? it's because when you drop a rock
and jim, they canceled monday. they hope to be able to get in tuesday afternoon. but based on this track, even that could be delayed? >> it's going to be a close call. and even if we begin to ramp things back up here tuesday, and improve in tampa, many, many people's minds is what's going to be happening in the northern gulf coast. are we going to be looking down the barrel from new orleans or mobile at a category 2 or 3 hurricane? here i am on the eastern end of the causeway. the same...
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and glenn, you are still out there some where, jim has asked we should be ahead of this and be better to messaging and it's said, well we will let the campaign organization handle that. do you as a group feel that you do not have the back up that you need from the white house on this? >> at the end of the day, planned parenthood foxes on getting women health care, so, for us, this isç an important step forward in getting birth control access. i think, i hate to say it, i think there's a beltway mentality, we think of everything in terms of 24-hour cycles, over the long haul, women in this country, getting now access to preventive care including birth control with no copay is very popular. and it will be popular in november. >> we will have -- we will be asking you and glenn more questions after the break. glenn, we promise to come to you more next, coming up. president obama is set to speak in a few minutes, and he is expected to announce a change to the birth control policy, we will bring you those comments live next on "now." i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got a
and glenn, you are still out there some where, jim has asked we should be ahead of this and be better to messaging and it's said, well we will let the campaign organization handle that. do you as a group feel that you do not have the back up that you need from the white house on this? >> at the end of the day, planned parenthood foxes on getting women health care, so, for us, this isç an important step forward in getting birth control access. i think, i hate to say it, i think there's a...
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at last a guy said jim smith, romney made a decision that solidifies his credentials. he picked paul from kentucky. a good move. i didn't support romney in the primary but i will now with paul in there. wow. that guy, smith, thought romney had picked rand paul from kentucky. that's why he likes the ticket now. nobody is really focused on this yet. whatever makes you happy so far. >>> up next, democrats are hoping paul ryan's addition to the republican ticket helps them down the bout in the race for governor and senator. we'll see and that's ahead had. you're watching "hardball." we have elizabeth warren coming up from massachusetts taking on scott brown. here's the place for politics. on a desolate highway in your jeep grand cherokee. and when you do, you'll be grateful for the adaptive cruise control that automatically adjusts your speed when approaching slower traffic. and for the blind spot monitoring that helps remind you that the highway might not be as desolate... ...as you thought. ♪ so i test... a lot. do you test with this? freestyle lite test strips? i don'
at last a guy said jim smith, romney made a decision that solidifies his credentials. he picked paul from kentucky. a good move. i didn't support romney in the primary but i will now with paul in there. wow. that guy, smith, thought romney had picked rand paul from kentucky. that's why he likes the ticket now. nobody is really focused on this yet. whatever makes you happy so far. >>> up next, democrats are hoping paul ryan's addition to the republican ticket helps them down the bout in...
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the weather channel's jim cantore. jim, thank you, sir. appreciate it. >>> melissa harris joins me, host of melissa harris perry right here on msnbc and the tragedy out of all this, talking about it earlier in the week, to get out, get your family out. then the new home you just bought. it was destroyed by this storm. >> it was. you know, the loss that we suffered as a family is nothing compared to what our neighbors in slidell, plaquemines parish, the house we just bought across the street from where we currently live, all in blight condition from katrina. we bought it, planned to renovate and isaac came in with the winds and took it. so it's now gone. i will say, you know, my husband is still in the city. he was riding it out with his family, some elderly relatives who wouldn't leave. he sent me a text promisaled we would still find a way. it's a lot of dreams that passed there, but we are in a very good circumstance. people at lax mins parish and slidell are in much tougher circumstances. >> our hearts of with you. >> thank you. >> cert
the weather channel's jim cantore. jim, thank you, sir. appreciate it. >>> melissa harris joins me, host of melissa harris perry right here on msnbc and the tragedy out of all this, talking about it earlier in the week, to get out, get your family out. then the new home you just bought. it was destroyed by this storm. >> it was. you know, the loss that we suffered as a family is nothing compared to what our neighbors in slidell, plaquemines parish, the house we just bought across...
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jim, they've canceled monday. they hope to get in tuesday afternoon. based on this track, do you think that could be delayed further? >> it's going to be a close call. even if we begin to ramp things back up here tuesday and improve tampa, on many people's minds, what's going to be happening in the northern gulf coast? are we looking down the barrel of a category two hurricane? here i am on the kosway, but the problem is, we're only three to five feet from that kosway. thousands of delegates are out there towards clearwater beach. the decision to cancel all activities for monday is a good one. it's a very interesting situation. when you look at this cone here, you think, tampa, if you're not in that red cone, why are you so concerned? it's because when you drop a rock in a pool, the waves that it produces are going to the end of the pool and the wave that is isaac will affect tampa. then the wind is going to push that water up in through here. so the surge, as we call it, will be as high to three to five feet. many, many people will be focused on what
jim, they've canceled monday. they hope to get in tuesday afternoon. based on this track, do you think that could be delayed further? >> it's going to be a close call. even if we begin to ramp things back up here tuesday and improve tampa, on many people's minds, what's going to be happening in the northern gulf coast? are we looking down the barrel of a category two hurricane? here i am on the kosway, but the problem is, we're only three to five feet from that kosway. thousands of...
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jim vandehei. >> great to be here. >> we just reported your reporting a minute ago about mitt romney's appearance here for the speech. was that supposed to be reported? >> we broke a little secret. what he wanted to do was surprise everyone and come on stage at the end of the speech much like barack obama did with michelle obama last time around and then he was going to leave town and come back for his speech. i think he will still leave town and come back. the idea is to humanize him and show him with his wife, a more comfortable session for him. >> you are doing the reporting again. the chris christie piece in the "new york post" got a great headline. fat chance, that he never wanted to be the vice presidential nominee, that he thought mitt romney was going to lose. how much credence do you put into that piece? >> that reporter knows, is wired into the kriscamp. that he doesn't think he can win on the eve of him getting a prime time speech. >> we have had a lot of reporting over the last couple of months of low-degree tension between christie and romney. certainly, skepticism. don't
jim vandehei. >> great to be here. >> we just reported your reporting a minute ago about mitt romney's appearance here for the speech. was that supposed to be reported? >> we broke a little secret. what he wanted to do was surprise everyone and come on stage at the end of the speech much like barack obama did with michelle obama last time around and then he was going to leave town and come back for his speech. i think he will still leave town and come back. the idea is to...
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joining us now is congressman jim moran who is a democrat from virginia. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, martin. >> i have to begin, sir, by getting your reaction to mitt romney's tax returns being released today. somewhat belatedly and only one more year, but what are your thoughts? >> well, it raises so many questions, martin. for one thing, as you know, you can revise your tax returns after the fact if you pay too much in taxes. i'd like to know if he's not elected president, which is probably going to be the case, does he intend to revise his tax returns so that he will pay even less taxes? i'd like to know with regard to the millions of dollars that he's deducted from his u.s. tax return because of foreign taxes paid, what was paid in the way of foreign taxes? >> yes, sir, because actually mr. romney has voluntarily overpaid something like $2.5 million in order that his total amount in percentage terms would be just over 14% so he may well seek to get that back at some point i guess so he will be back down to the original which should have bee
joining us now is congressman jim moran who is a democrat from virginia. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, martin. >> i have to begin, sir, by getting your reaction to mitt romney's tax returns being released today. somewhat belatedly and only one more year, but what are your thoughts? >> well, it raises so many questions, martin. for one thing, as you know, you can revise your tax returns after the fact if you pay too much in taxes. i'd like to know if he's not elected...
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tell me how you're going to cut taxes. >> i think jim lehrer will press on this. i think he'll say what loopholes are you going to close? what tax benefits are you going to take away in? what cuts are you going to make in thing like pell grants. i don't know exactly how he will do it but i think he'll press on that. he prides himself on being substantive, on understanding these issues, and feeling the purpose of a presidential debate is to get these guys out of their stump speeches and into a real conversation with each other and with the american people. >> well, that's what we all try to do in this business. i think everybody i know tries to do that. get the person off the memorized material, because we're so bored with that. we don't think it teaches anything. you had a point about behavior, body language and smiling. i was taken with your idea that you smile too much, it looks like a smirk. have you to hold your smile to what's funny, how about that use of the smile, when something's really funny? >> the smile -- look, there's this is no problem for the presid
tell me how you're going to cut taxes. >> i think jim lehrer will press on this. i think he'll say what loopholes are you going to close? what tax benefits are you going to take away in? what cuts are you going to make in thing like pell grants. i don't know exactly how he will do it but i think he'll press on that. he prides himself on being substantive, on understanding these issues, and feeling the purpose of a presidential debate is to get these guys out of their stump speeches and...
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. >> jim lehrer is going to be able to put him in circles without having the other guy involved. how tough are they going to be? >> lehrer tends to push hard on the specifics. he seems to be saying the first thing that pops in his head. my theory is he can do better than people expects, he has low expectations. if they get him in a room, and apparently he's been practicing a lot. he uses only the memorized answers and never says the first thing that pops into his head because it's always invariably the wrong thing. >> a year ago the pollster told me three things to look for in any great leader is motive. why are they in public life? you knew with reagan why he was there. church hill, name your hero. passion, what makes them laugh, tear up, get angry occasionally. third, spon ten aity. it seems like romney is a strikeout. three strikes you're out. he doesn't have emotion -- he doesn't have any kind of idea of any reason he's there except to get the job. he has no passion that i can ever spot and spont nayity, he's got to have it memorized like cookies coming down a chute already b
. >> jim lehrer is going to be able to put him in circles without having the other guy involved. how tough are they going to be? >> lehrer tends to push hard on the specifics. he seems to be saying the first thing that pops in his head. my theory is he can do better than people expects, he has low expectations. if they get him in a room, and apparently he's been practicing a lot. he uses only the memorized answers and never says the first thing that pops into his head because it's...
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you got jim lehrer's seat, the two questions in front of you -- two candidates right in front of you. what is the one question that you think would you most like to see jim lehrer ask one of these candidates tonight? >> i would focus on mitt romney because this really is it for mitt. i would go right at the central concern. i would say i would ask, governor, bain capital, which you helped to run, had many successes but it also had many failures. the bering company, the typewriter company, name a list of them. have you ever met, have you ever talked to, do you note names of or anything about the lives of any of the people from those plants that closed as a result of the investments of bain cap signal give me a name, give me a story. >> probably knows the ones the obama campaign ads have mentioned, right? >> probably knows those but those aren't the ones he wants to mention. >> probably doesn't want to bring them up. >> no, probably no. >> no amazing the degree which bain has been a problem for romney. figure this is coming up one way or another, if not from lehrer, certainly obama. i w
you got jim lehrer's seat, the two questions in front of you -- two candidates right in front of you. what is the one question that you think would you most like to see jim lehrer ask one of these candidates tonight? >> i would focus on mitt romney because this really is it for mitt. i would go right at the central concern. i would say i would ask, governor, bain capital, which you helped to run, had many successes but it also had many failures. the bering company, the typewriter company,...
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jim and shira, thank you both so much. we'll check in with you later in the hour, as well. so don't go too far. coming up, social conservatives having their on cone venks this weekend. will it rival tampa? that's next. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get it. design the wells to be safe. thousands of jobs. use the most advanced technology to protect our water. billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ throughout our lives. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. it has more of 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day 50+. oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, goo
jim and shira, thank you both so much. we'll check in with you later in the hour, as well. so don't go too far. coming up, social conservatives having their on cone venks this weekend. will it rival tampa? that's next. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get it. design the wells to be safe. thousands of jobs. use the most advanced technology to...
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we have a preview from the wo us. >>> and jim webb joins me next. he's been talking about economic inequality since he walked through the doors on capitol hill. is his message finally resonating. >>> but first a look ahead to the president's schedule. you're watching the day lie rundown. he does all the these off the record coffees and lunches in the argument, but that's not on the schedule. we'll be right back. whee wheeeeeeeeeeeee! wheeeeeeeeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! pure adrenaline. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! >>> when one looks at the health of our economy it's almost as if we're living in two different countries. the stock market is at an all-time high and so are corporate profits, but these benefits are not being fairly shared. the middle class of this country, or historic backbone and best hope for a strong society in the future is losing its place at the table. >> that's virginia senato
we have a preview from the wo us. >>> and jim webb joins me next. he's been talking about economic inequality since he walked through the doors on capitol hill. is his message finally resonating. >>> but first a look ahead to the president's schedule. you're watching the day lie rundown. he does all the these off the record coffees and lunches in the argument, but that's not on the schedule. we'll be right back. whee wheeeeeeeeeeeee! wheeeeeeeeeeee! whee whee...
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not going to be easy for jim lehrer. even if romney won't answer for them, it needs to be spelled out loud and clear to the american people who have been lied to. mitt romney has not been straight with americans on where he stands and where he wants to take the country and there's no better platform than for the president to take him to the house. how can you expect him to be straight with you as president when he can't even run his own campaign? get your cell phones out. tonight's question, will mitt romney continue his campaign of lies at tomorrow's debate? text a for yes or b or no. you can always go to our blog. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. joining me is robert gibbs, senior obama campaign adviser. great to have you with us tonight. there's so much meat on the bones here. we have laid out all of the distortions and the lies that we have seen from the romney campaign. there's a lot of target-rich environment for president obama. what about this tax plan. is president obama obligated to supporters
not going to be easy for jim lehrer. even if romney won't answer for them, it needs to be spelled out loud and clear to the american people who have been lied to. mitt romney has not been straight with americans on where he stands and where he wants to take the country and there's no better platform than for the president to take him to the house. how can you expect him to be straight with you as president when he can't even run his own campaign? get your cell phones out. tonight's question,...
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jim, bob dole and myself don't see al gore and bill clinton as our enemy. we see them as our opponents. >> that was a mature and laudable response. it was also the exact opposite of what conservatives wanted and demanded. they were irate. kemp had betrayed them and that was the end of whatever thoughts kemp had as emerging as a contender. i can see a similar moment on the horizon for ryan. conservatives are upset and they'll be more upset if he doesn't deliver their message. after all, there are plenty of ambitious republicans who also believer in ryanism. that does it for "the cycle," martin bashir, take it away. >> steve kornacki, thank you so much. good afternoon. it's wednesday, september 26th. what's that stench? ♪ >> misery loves mitt. his poll numbers sink to new lows. >> the polls are not favoring mitt romney. >> there's no time off. it's around the clock kind of work. >> i don't pay a lot of attention to the day-to-day polls. >> now the british now polish people. >> we trust our internal polls. >> i'll go up or down. >> one goes one way, one dog
jim, bob dole and myself don't see al gore and bill clinton as our enemy. we see them as our opponents. >> that was a mature and laudable response. it was also the exact opposite of what conservatives wanted and demanded. they were irate. kemp had betrayed them and that was the end of whatever thoughts kemp had as emerging as a contender. i can see a similar moment on the horizon for ryan. conservatives are upset and they'll be more upset if he doesn't deliver their message. after all,...
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john says, it's about time and jim calls it patriotism at its finest. we also asked folks to share their photos of early voting. lynn sent us this photo of her family voting early together in wisconsin and this is a picture of a two-hour long line that she had to wait in to vote. we've got big early voting numbers coming up later. we want to see you cast your ballot. go to our facebook page. that's facebook.com/politicsnation to show your early voting photos with us. >>> 13 days to go and it's all in. we know it's a close race and the president is making sure he gets the notes out with a marathon trip across the country. he started in iowa. from iowa he went to denver for a rally this afternoon. at this hour he's making his way to los angeles where he's taping a spot on the tonight show. after that it's on to las vegas for another rally and he'll be flying on the red eye to tampa overnight. tomorrow, the phase continues. hitting four cities before returning to d.c. in the evening. >> this is the first stop on our 48-hour fly around campaign marathon ext
john says, it's about time and jim calls it patriotism at its finest. we also asked folks to share their photos of early voting. lynn sent us this photo of her family voting early together in wisconsin and this is a picture of a two-hour long line that she had to wait in to vote. we've got big early voting numbers coming up later. we want to see you cast your ballot. go to our facebook page. that's facebook.com/politicsnation to show your early voting photos with us. >>> 13 days to go...
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mark, so we arrive this morning, i woke up, i looked at my phone and i had a pitch from jim mussina, the always helpful public campaign appeal. tell us what he asked of matt rhodes who is the romney campaign manager and what the response was. >> obama campaign manager jim mussina made this offer to the romney campaign -- if mitt romney releases five years of his tax returns, including 2010 and 2011 which he's promised he will produce, the obama camp will drop talking about the need for any more tax returns. they won't mention that. it's worth noting that the offer didn't necessarily include that, hey, we were not going to krit seek what might be in those tax returns but they said we're not going to bring that up as an issue. but this morning -- actually just about ten minutes ago, the romney campaign responded and said, essentially, no deal. if the obama campaign wants to talk about mitt romney's tax returns, the romney camp is going to talk about more substantial issues. >> this may be all spin, but is this a legitimate proposal? i always say any time they send something publicly, w
mark, so we arrive this morning, i woke up, i looked at my phone and i had a pitch from jim mussina, the always helpful public campaign appeal. tell us what he asked of matt rhodes who is the romney campaign manager and what the response was. >> obama campaign manager jim mussina made this offer to the romney campaign -- if mitt romney releases five years of his tax returns, including 2010 and 2011 which he's promised he will produce, the obama camp will drop talking about the need for...
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romney campaign manager replid quote, hey, jim, thanks for the note. it is clear president obama wants nothing more than to talk about romney's tax returns instead of the issues that matter like fixing the economy and reigning in spending. will the obama campaign ever let him shake the story and do taxes matter? joan walsh is editor at large for salon.com and author of what's the matter with white people. eamon javers is cnbc's washington correspondent. is this getting traction? do the american people care about the fact that romney is releasing only two years? >> i think if you frame it in terms of documents and details, the the american voters don't necessarily care about that stuff. it's kind of complicated and confusing, but what they do care about, kind of in the gut, is this sense of somebody's getting away with something you're not. so if romney's paying a lower tax rate than other americans, those folks are going to resent that and see how that happened. >> is he in fact paying less a tax rate than most americans? >> e yeah, what we're talking
romney campaign manager replid quote, hey, jim, thanks for the note. it is clear president obama wants nothing more than to talk about romney's tax returns instead of the issues that matter like fixing the economy and reigning in spending. will the obama campaign ever let him shake the story and do taxes matter? joan walsh is editor at large for salon.com and author of what's the matter with white people. eamon javers is cnbc's washington correspondent. is this getting traction? do the american...
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again, as i've said before, it's not jim crow. it's not senator eastland. it's not lester maddox. it's james crow esquire in a pin-striped suit, the sophisticated cousin and, quite honestly, i don't think your children, my children, all of them are grown and this jej rags is falling for it. you know the reason why? because they've gone to school with people of different nationalities, different colors. they've competed with people. they know men and women like michelle obama. they know men like barack obama. and they are not falling for it and they are the neadrethals. they are wondering, what cave did you come out of? >> ana marie, is this due to desperation that they are going back to the old dirty tricks and code words because they are losing and they've become desperate? >> i think so, al. i have to say, i want to be totally fair. people said some really nasty things about george bush when he was in office. there are pretty awful character turs of him. there's one significant thing, it did not have the racialress nans of him and that's a huge thing. here's one thing that i thi
again, as i've said before, it's not jim crow. it's not senator eastland. it's not lester maddox. it's james crow esquire in a pin-striped suit, the sophisticated cousin and, quite honestly, i don't think your children, my children, all of them are grown and this jej rags is falling for it. you know the reason why? because they've gone to school with people of different nationalities, different colors. they've competed with people. they know men and women like michelle obama. they know men like...
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jim greer, thank you for your time tonight. we'll be right back. >> thank you. begin. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food, woooooh! [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. could've had a v8. yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? he's going to apply testosterone to his underarm. axiron, the only underarm treatment for low t, can restore testosterone levels back to normal in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18. axiron can transfer to others through direct contact. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant, and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or changes in body hair or increased acne in women may occur. report these signs and symptom
jim greer, thank you for your time tonight. we'll be right back. >> thank you. begin. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food, woooooh! [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. could've had a v8. yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate...
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obviously, this is very much tongue in cheek, the offer from jim messina today to the romney campaign. give us five taxes and we'll call it quits. >> yeah, the first sign that you know it's not a terribly serious offer is jim messina sent it out to reporters and cc'ed mitt romney's campaign on it. these are not the negotiating tactics of someone who i think wants there to be a deal. but i do think what you're seeing here is that mitt romney made a little bit of a gambit yesterday. we talked about it on the show, which is he came out and said look, i paid 13%, no less than 13% for the last decade, trying to put down this he didn't pay any taxes accusation by harry reid, the senate majority leader, as well as to try to move people beyond the issue. i think what the letter from jim messina this morning, the clip you played from david axelrod, all goes to is the obama campaign's not going to let him off the hook that easily. they believe that this is an issue they can win on, whether he paid 13% or, you know, 25%, that it's more important that we see the full tax returns. why? because, lo
obviously, this is very much tongue in cheek, the offer from jim messina today to the romney campaign. give us five taxes and we'll call it quits. >> yeah, the first sign that you know it's not a terribly serious offer is jim messina sent it out to reporters and cc'ed mitt romney's campaign on it. these are not the negotiating tactics of someone who i think wants there to be a deal. but i do think what you're seeing here is that mitt romney made a little bit of a gambit yesterday. we...
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jim demint had a bigger, permanent tax cut. a gold standard in theory if you weren't able to expand the currency to do that kind of thing, you wouldn't be able to do that kind of thing. >> you quoted barry. that gets to the heart of this. if you think about the financial collapse, the housing bubble when it burst, you had a financial sector that desperately needed liquidity injections meaning the federal reserve had to get to work and inject money into the system. under a gold standard, that would have been impossible. what that means quite literally is the credit system wouldn't have just needed reflation, it would have shut down, and recession would have morphed into great depression, no question about it. >> dave, paul ryan said when he begins thinking about monetary policy, he literally begins by going back to the work of ayn rand, which is surprised me because i didn't know she had a lot on monetary policy in her books, but i guess she does. what does he mean by that? >> he said this in a speech in 2005. sfiskly said he go
jim demint had a bigger, permanent tax cut. a gold standard in theory if you weren't able to expand the currency to do that kind of thing, you wouldn't be able to do that kind of thing. >> you quoted barry. that gets to the heart of this. if you think about the financial collapse, the housing bubble when it burst, you had a financial sector that desperately needed liquidity injections meaning the federal reserve had to get to work and inject money into the system. under a gold standard,...
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. >>> speaking about republican voter fraud in florida, i had jim greer, the florida chair of the former -- the former florida chair of the republican party on the show and he told me what this is really all about. watch. >> i sat in on many meetings where it was discussed of how to make sure that what happened in 2008, when president obama brought out the college age voter, the minority voters, never happened again. make sure the republican party has an advantage in this upcoming election by reducing early voting, putting roadblocks up for potential voter, latinos, african-americans to exercise their right to vote. >> let's bring in melissa harris-perry. what do you make of this ironic twist in the voter fraud story? >> i think there's a couple of important points here. one, the things that republicans have been doing in state legislatures across the country to so-call address voter fraud, things like ending early voting, limiting the hours of the polls and, of course, the i am poe significance of voter i.d., none of those measures would impact the kind of voter fraud that it looks like
. >>> speaking about republican voter fraud in florida, i had jim greer, the florida chair of the former -- the former florida chair of the republican party on the show and he told me what this is really all about. watch. >> i sat in on many meetings where it was discussed of how to make sure that what happened in 2008, when president obama brought out the college age voter, the minority voters, never happened again. make sure the republican party has an advantage in this...
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jim, can we expect to see any movement on that front? >> i mean, to continue that theme, i think morsi that really is the breakout leader of the past couple of months and you see compare him to ahmadinejad. just how seriously as a statesman to be taken and not perceived as anybody's lap dog. here today he said in no uncertain terms of military interception in syria and a couple of weeks ago when he was in teheran he took a hard line with the iranians saying the support of the syrian regime is unrealistic and maybe a new regional statesman. >> joel, do you agree with that and the terms of movement for the u.n. against syria? >> i do. i think to piggyback on what jim said, morsi is showing that egypt is going to chart their own path. they're open to the west, they have a relationship with the united states that's strong and at the same time they're a democracy that is an islamic democracy, a political islamic party running it and charting a path to try to play all different angles and they criticized israel. they criticized iran. certainly
jim, can we expect to see any movement on that front? >> i mean, to continue that theme, i think morsi that really is the breakout leader of the past couple of months and you see compare him to ahmadinejad. just how seriously as a statesman to be taken and not perceived as anybody's lap dog. here today he said in no uncertain terms of military interception in syria and a couple of weeks ago when he was in teheran he took a hard line with the iranians saying the support of the syrian...
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i think when he's pressed, and he will be by someone like jim lehr, he'll be pressed by specifics. that's when the rubber will meet the road for mitt romney. if he doesn't have the numbers to back him up, he'll have a very big challenge. >> he'll be pressed by lehr but another guy there named barack obama pressing too many. we'll be watching. tad devine and wes moore, thank you for your time. >>> coming up, paul ryan has his own secret tape, claiming that 30% of americans want their welfare stake. that explosive video is coming up. it only adds to mitt romney's 47% problem in tomorrow night's debate. >>> plus, republicans used to have no problem with far right agenda people like todd akin. now they're trying to hide who they really are. stay with us. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. governor of getting it done. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is, b
i think when he's pressed, and he will be by someone like jim lehr, he'll be pressed by specifics. that's when the rubber will meet the road for mitt romney. if he doesn't have the numbers to back him up, he'll have a very big challenge. >> he'll be pressed by lehr but another guy there named barack obama pressing too many. we'll be watching. tad devine and wes moore, thank you for your time. >>> coming up, paul ryan has his own secret tape, claiming that 30% of americans want...
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. >> rick santorum and jim demint have endorsed snim because they don't want to hear from the republican base, you know, where were you for todd au kin if he loses. i mean they have to make some token effort his behalf. i think claire mccaskill has been underestimated. i think she's overperformed for her state which is very conservative. >> there's tactical moves here that are clearly brilliant and given her awfully good chance of winning the race. >> ju jitsu. >> i think they call that playing possum. >> or playing possum. >> playing ju jitsu with a possum. >> clearly not a ju jitsu master. we're going to leave it there. >> that's the game you play with the possum or tie kwando. >> what could possibly put president obama and clinton on the same page as scott walker? football or the absence of good officiating in football. we will explore the far reaching impacts of the nfl's zebra gate next in what now. my name is adam frucci and i'm the editor of splitsider.com. i love new technology, so when i heard that american express and twitter were teaming up, i was pretty interested. turns out
. >> rick santorum and jim demint have endorsed snim because they don't want to hear from the republican base, you know, where were you for todd au kin if he loses. i mean they have to make some token effort his behalf. i think claire mccaskill has been underestimated. i think she's overperformed for her state which is very conservative. >> there's tactical moves here that are clearly brilliant and given her awfully good chance of winning the race. >> ju jitsu. >> i...
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bob shieffer. >> first presidential debt bait, moderated by jim lehrer of pbs. far, far liberal democrat. town hall in new york, moderated by candy crowley of cnn. far, far left wing democrat. third presidential debate, october 2 in boca raton, moderated by bob shieffer, far, far, left wing lib rat democrat. and dinosaur, correct. and dinosaur. and the vice presidential debate will be october 11 in danville, kentucky, posted by martha raddatz of abc, far, far left wing democrat. >> of course, none of them are far, far left wing liberal democrats. and none of them are far left wing liberal democrats. and none of them, as far as i know, and i know them personally, are left wing democrats. i don't know what they are personally. they are established journalists who never turn overtheir political cards. rush is accusing them of being far left liberal democrats because he is trying to intimidate them now, right now. he wants the debate moderators waking up every morning thinking about how they can prove in these debates that they are not far left wing liberal democrat
bob shieffer. >> first presidential debt bait, moderated by jim lehrer of pbs. far, far liberal democrat. town hall in new york, moderated by candy crowley of cnn. far, far left wing democrat. third presidential debate, october 2 in boca raton, moderated by bob shieffer, far, far, left wing lib rat democrat. and dinosaur, correct. and dinosaur. and the vice presidential debate will be october 11 in danville, kentucky, posted by martha raddatz of abc, far, far left wing democrat. >>...
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and then karl rove said, i miss jim lehrer. >> he's the only one that missed him. the reality is that, look, she was equal opportunity get you. there were even times that she went after vice president biden. >> no doubt. >> and everybody knows it. actually, i remind people that we have a lot of people who only listen on the radio and immediately understood who won that debate without worrying about how the president smiled. look, i think he signaled us and every time he hurts and hears something absolutely ridiculous, unprovable, that smile came on and that really was a signal for us to pay close attention for what we were about to hear and he recognized, even before ryan fin finished, that it was ridiculous and that's what that smile was all about. >> i'm going to have to leave it there, joe. thanks. have a good weekend. joe madison. we'll be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challe
and then karl rove said, i miss jim lehrer. >> he's the only one that missed him. the reality is that, look, she was equal opportunity get you. there were even times that she went after vice president biden. >> no doubt. >> and everybody knows it. actually, i remind people that we have a lot of people who only listen on the radio and immediately understood who won that debate without worrying about how the president smiled. look, i think he signaled us and every time he hurts...
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pbs' jim layer will most the debate in colorado. candy crowley will host the second town hall debate. bob and abc's martha will host october 11th in danville, kentucky. >>> all right. many hope paul ryan's plan will change the conversation. but before ryan budget there was ryan social security. back in 2005 ryan backed the social security personal savings guarantee and prosperity act. it was a plan to prioritize social security. it flopped. even george w. bush backed off. but his co-sponsor in this endeavor, john sununu. also, robert traynham is here and liz sadoti. mr. sununu, i want to start with you -- >> i didn't see this in the notes, but -- >> i go back to the question that we talked about before in politics. you can have conversation about entitlements but when it gets switched to a political debate, it's a loser. how does paul ryan and mitt romney avoid this this time? >> well, first it doesn't have to be a loser and it hasn't always been a loser. historically it's been very sensitive. first person to talk about entitlements
pbs' jim layer will most the debate in colorado. candy crowley will host the second town hall debate. bob and abc's martha will host october 11th in danville, kentucky. >>> all right. many hope paul ryan's plan will change the conversation. but before ryan budget there was ryan social security. back in 2005 ryan backed the social security personal savings guarantee and prosperity act. it was a plan to prioritize social security. it flopped. even george w. bush backed off. but his...
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, jim. to me it demonstrated this guy has no soul. he will say whatever and he enjoys firing people. he said, i like firing people. >> he did say that. >> and he looked jim lehrer right in the eye and say, do you really want that guy to make a decision about medicare or health care generally? he will say whatever it takes to get there and it's clear that barack obama is going to give him a good spanking at the next one. >> neera, i think it's going to to come down to what connects with what policies are happening in today interests and feels the need for those policy to be in place to really bring them back from the worst economic hit we've taken since the despregs. >> yeah. and i think you said that the president made that point sort of subtly on this evening bruise cast. what he's saying is, he's going to win because the steaks are so high. this is not about anyone's performance. it's about what they are going to -- you know, on a debate stage or at an event, it's really about what they ar
, jim. to me it demonstrated this guy has no soul. he will say whatever and he enjoys firing people. he said, i like firing people. >> he did say that. >> and he looked jim lehrer right in the eye and say, do you really want that guy to make a decision about medicare or health care generally? he will say whatever it takes to get there and it's clear that barack obama is going to give him a good spanking at the next one. >> neera, i think it's going to to come down to what...
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jim, let me ask you this. i was in miami earlier this week with congress woman wilson and others rallying around these new laws. but you were in the room. you were the chairman of the party. you're still a republican. you disagree with a lot of what we believe in in politics. but is there any doubt in your mind that what you heard in the room and what you state was designed because of what happened in 2008 and these laws and these things are not being done around fraud but really to limit voters from certain particular demographics, minorities and youth, because they want to try to limit the people who will vote in this election? >> yeah. there's no doubt that what the republican-led legislature in florida and governor scott are trying to do is make sure that the republican party has an advantage in this upcoming election. by reducing early voting, putting road blocks up for potential voters. latinos, african-americans to exercise their right to vote. i was in the room. it's part of the strategy. the one thing
jim, let me ask you this. i was in miami earlier this week with congress woman wilson and others rallying around these new laws. but you were in the room. you were the chairman of the party. you're still a republican. you disagree with a lot of what we believe in in politics. but is there any doubt in your mind that what you heard in the room and what you state was designed because of what happened in 2008 and these laws and these things are not being done around fraud but really to limit...